Kim|Calypso Interview with DJ Bonnie 2013!

1. more info about the moon as well as the location of the wormhole in local space.

2. will drop rate of the parts to make adj/imp/mod armor platings remain constant, or will they become more rare over time?

3. how much longer will the Egg storyline be drawn out now that it is in the news again?

4. Are there any plans for future development or sale of NI? (I know its not a calypso question, but it is a huge question concerning the game and the health of the universe)

5. People are always speculating on the current population of Entropia, what are his thoughts on the population size and changes to it since VU9 as well as his 3-5yr projection and expectations.

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I am sure there are others, ill post them when/if i think of them.

Have fun with the interview :)

narfi

ps. would love to see a mp3 download since that's about the only way I can listen to interviews

 

Good question, number of active players is a hot topic ever since.

Klas Moreau said: "My goal is for Entropia Universe to double its number of participants by the end of 2013", any progress? Does the Emissary program have the anticipated impact? Does the new Calypso Gateway/Thule have the desired impact on new player conversion?

Maybe something more Kim|Calypso related: Who's Kim's employer, MindArk PE AB, Entropia Universe AB, Planet Calypso AB? How many employees has Planet Calypso AB? The CEO, Lars Sandberg, does he just have the position to meet formal requirements or is he really working fulltime on Planet Calypso?

Who's involved in a regular Planet Calypso content release to what extent? MindArk, EU AB, PC AB, Ilunova? What exactly are the responibilities?

 

What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is the average air velocity speed of an unladen swallow?

 

It has been a while since I really played on Calypso, so to be honest nothing comes to mind right now.

Well maybe these:

- MindArk and Calypso mostly relies on word of mouth advertisement from big sales. You are again doing the same thing with the Moon. Are you not afraid that the hype about these big sales is over and that it will not attract the players it used to, or are you doing this purely to gain money and not to gain new players?

- What have you done advertisment wise with the money you colledted by selling the CLD. We know from David Dobson that they are planning a big add campaign, what is Calypso planning to do?

 

In the lights of the recent press release:

What's the difference between MindArk PE AB and Entropia Universe AB? Who's responsible for what?

What exactly is Planet Calypso AB doing?

Are Planet Calypso AB employees working on Planet Calypso content?
Are MindArk PE AB employees working on Planet Calyspo content?
Are Ilunova S.A. de C.V. employees working on Planet Calyspo content?
Are Entropia Universe AB employees working on Planet Calyspo content?

If so, is Planet Calypso AB paying MindArk PE AB/Ilunova S.A. de C.V./Entropia Universe AB for working on Planet Calypso content? If not, who's paying for them? Planet Partners collectively via MA's share of Planet revenues?

Is the regular confusion of company entities, company employees and their roles on purpose or just sloppy work? Why is that?


And some more:

How much of Calypso's revenue is actually used for Calypso development (incl. advertising, management etc.)? If not all of it, why not and where does it go to?

The mission system, instances system, token system... were these originally driven by the needs of new Planet Partners or original ideas and designs by MindArk? What about other systems? Is it allowed to say which was driven by whom?

Besides the Mech system, what other systems or major changes to existing systems can we expect? About when?

From merely a game designer's perspective, do you think the planet partner concept was a good idea? What would you like to be different?

 

Don't worry Kim doesn't even know this forum exists, or he's pretty good in hiding it :)